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Much Ado About Nothing
by
William Shakespeare
Directed by Mike Rogerson
Wed, 25th June - Sun, 29th June 2008
The action take place in Leonato's house and environs. The play's setting is Messina, but the many detailed references to the garden and the domestic life of an Elizabethan household point inescapably to an English Manor House, like Gawsworth.
Two stories entwined. Claudio loves Hero. He is villianously misled into believing her to be a wanton. In church, at their wedding, he denounces her; she faints, is thought dead, but recovers to be proved innocent by a chance discovery made by the local watch. The other story is of Hero's cousin, Beatrice, who thinks herself a confiirmed spinster, and Benedick, who proclaims himself an eternal bachelor. They are tricked into admitting their love for each other.
| The Household |
| Leonato,Governor of Messina |
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| Antonio, his brother |
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| Balthasar, a musician |
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| Friar Francis |
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| Boy |
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| Hero, Leonato's daughter |
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| Margaret, attendant on Hero |
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| Ursula, attendant on Hero |
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| Beatrice, an orphan, Leonato's neice |
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| Servants and Gentlefolk |
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| Children |
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| The Visitors |
| Don Pedro, Prince of Arragon |
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| Benedick of Padua, companion of Don Pedro |
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| Claudio of Florence, companion of Don Pedro |
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Don John, Don Pedro's bastard brother |
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| Borachio, follower of Don John |
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| Conrade, follower of Don John |
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| Messenger |
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| The Watch |
| Dogberry |
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| Verges |
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| Sexton |
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| Watchmen |
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| Lighting Design |
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| Sound |
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| Wardrobe Mistress |
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